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You're right, name one thing we really know about dinosaurs.

Perhaps, but in the end, it really is just speculation. I'm sure we can all agree on that.

T. rex is fairly smart, but I don't think it has the pack hunting expirience it needs to take down a huge sauropod. They were so big, they only would need one or two rexes to go out and hunt at a time. The others would stay and babysit.

I think Tyrannosaurus was smarter than you realize. For one thing, it lived with giant sauropods, Alamosaurus. It may not have been as big, but T-rex would still have some experience with fighting sauropods. Also, Tyrannosaurus was the smartest of the large theropods. Not raptor smart, but smart enough.

Thanks. I knew that a T-rex would have some trouble taking on a healthy Ankylosaurs, so I used the environment to level the playing field, so to speak. PS- Hope you guys liked the pics.

Sorry that pic did not work. Here's another... [img]http://s6.postimage.org/ou3vvheap/T_rex_vs_Ankylosaurus.png[/img]

Wow, great job, I liked how you added the end of the era part into it, killing the Ankylosaurus.

Ok, even with all this, A. T. rex can't plan attacks. B. the sauropod is huge, even if it is light, it would still be 100 tons. C. The sauropod would be too tall for T. rex to attacks, they could attack legs, but the sauropod would just have to kick and by by T. rex. And one more thing, T. rex is not suicidal, crazy, strong, and confident, but not suicidal.

Both Dunkleosteous and Hyneria are tied with 2 votes

Well done. Nice conclusion.

It was still good. Shows that even a top predator does not have an easy life. Well done. I'm saying either Dunkleosteous or Hyneria. Not sure which. Both are pretty cool.

Also, we are using the biggest possible size for Tyrannosaurus. Even I don't think it was very likely, but we do have to level the playing field a bit.

With coronation planned tactics and team work a pack of rexes could bring one down, rexes did travel in packs, we already sealed the lid on this... fight's still open... total count (that was clearly stated) yes 5 no 1

Indeed. Some claim that Ultrasauros was even capable of weighing 180 tons. Same size range as a blue whale. A little extreme maybe, but I've heard stranger. Certainly both were huge and should be recognized.

Ultrasauros isn't neccesarily forgotten, but Gigantosaurus is. Definitely two giants for the recordboooks.

I like it. We need to bring back the Dino info age

No way. Amphicoelias would be at least 100 tons. A 65 foot Rex would only be about 25 feet tall and Amphicoelias would be 40. I think the whole 65 foot Rex thing is ridiculous. This isn't complete fantasy warfare and 50 feet should be the maximum allowed size for Rex vs Amp. Still, one hit from a tail or one stomp from those massive feet and Rex is done. Even with a pack, Rex stands little chance.

These tyrannosaurs will be at the maximum possible size. 65 ft long and 15 tons or so. Remember, a Rex that is 43-50 ft long and 7-10 tons has a bite force of up to 9 tons! Scale that up to a Rex 5-8 tons heavier, you're talking a bite force comparable to Megalodon, at 15-20 tons! That's massive. Also, keep in mind that, while Amphicoelias was really long, anywhere between 150-220 ft long, it was a diplodocid. Keeping that in mind, it probably only weighed 50-70 tons. Still massive, but a sauropod with the build of a titanosaur for example would probably weigh well over 100 tons with a length like that. All I'm saying is that, while Amphicoelias may be the longest sauropod, it may not have been as heavy as most think. Still gigantic. I think the fight would be pretty good. *Side note- Amphicoelias probably only had a head height of about 35-40 ft, not much taller than a 20-23 ft tall Rex. And a tyrannosaurus that is 65 ft long would be even taller, 30 ft or so.

I don't see how Rex could take it down. It was tall enough to easily walk over even the biggest theropods. What are the Rexes gonna do? Chew its knees off? Doubtful. They aren't small enough to climb its tail and aren't big enough to take its neck or legs off.

Yeah, it was only about six feet but I wanted to make things a little more interesting. Unfortunately that turned out to just make Terra be an unrealistically huge Eurypterid

Hyneria. Good story again. Pretty sure Pterygotus was only 6 feet.

I didn't think that Rex had a good grip on Spino. The fight wasn't completely inaccurate, but it wasn't very accurate either. Rex would have gone for the neck and tried to bite, not headbutt Spino. Spino, and all theropods, didn't have the necessary wrist action to snap a Rex's neck the way it did. I believe Spino could beat Rex sometimes, but not that way or easily. Imagine if Rex and Spino were the same size, instead of the 20 foot length difference, 5 foot height difference, and possible 2 ton weight difference, all in Spino's favour. Horner better not make Rex look like it was just a scavenger, and make it what it really was, a killer. What scavenger needs a 3-9 ton bite force.

Interesting concept. Possibly the largest land animal or even the largest animal ever vs one of, if not the largest, land predator ever. Very interesting. Of course a few Rexes would go down. But if they are large enough and are big enough, they could stand a chance at bringing this sauropod down.

Dunckleosteus!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great story, poor Terra, she, I presume its a she, got beaten around so much and was beached. I feel sorry for her.

I vote yes! How about letting Amphicoelias kill off a few Rexes before it perishes?

That's cool! You know I just watched JPIII yesterday because we were talking about it, and one of the bonus features has Jack Horner talking about all his theories about Rex being a scavenger... I just hope he doesn't screw up JP4 as the consultant. Also, I watched the fight scene in detail, and it was not entirely inaccurate. When Rex first gets Spino's neck in his jaws, he does not have a good grip at all. His teeth are only surrounding the upper portion of the neck. This enabled Spino to jurk loose and then lunge for Rex, getting a much better grip on his neck and snapping it. This leads me to think that it wasn't necessarily bite force that Spino used, but neck muscle for twisting.

I thought pterygotus was only 5 feet?

Deltadromeus vs Trike would be interesting. As long as Deltadromeus could avoid the horns it would have a good chance of taking the Trike down.

@x_paden_x.....everything they try to do to "enhance"the script just completely ruins it...the movies and the books DO NOT pair well together...jp3 was closest to the lost world in terms of chaos but the point of the lost world(which was that the dinos onsite b were all at odds w each other even the same species lacking the instinct and knowledge to survive together without complete chaos) book was completely lost on the movie...and the whole rex in the city part wasn't even in the book and was pathetic

I love troodons, cool story!

Cool story and very graphic too. I like the Brontoscorpio but you already made a decision, and I'm sure it will be a great story. I can't wait!

Okay, sorry to shorten the voting time period today readers but I need to get to writing the second episode. The winner is Pterygotus. This should be very interesting. Okay, until next time!

Shunosaurus is my favorite sauropod for that reason. Third favorite dinosaur as well.

Well it's a trike vs. JP sized raptors, and thanks for the info Paden. I was a tad confused there

I want a team raptor, should I hold a little petition and ask Chis to have a team raptor?

Trike vs Dromeasaurus? I think that is a better fight. I vote no.

Perygotus

I love the story, especially how you put the Ordivition extinction in. I vote for... To be later added by my after looking at your website.

No no no futurepaleo, trike vs raptor is a go, this vote is for Rex vs Amphicoelias

Philosiraptor, if you have a huge T. rex, at a large pack, it can't take down even a 100 foot of the sauropod. Don't know how to spell it and too lazy to look it up. It was hard enough for the T. rex pack to take down an Alamosaurus in Rex Fan's Clash of Giants.